Henry eastwood



(No Model.)

H. EASTWOOD.

' WARPING FRAME.

No. 590,945. Patented Sept. 28,

Lhvrrn STATES ATENT Prion.

HENRY EASTWOOD, OF LAKE VIE\V, NE\V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EASTWOOD & YVHITE, OF SAME PLACE.

WARPlNG-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 59 0, 9 45,dated September 28, 1897'. Application filed May 18,1897. Serial No. 637,072. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: a pin-carrying disk 6, as clearly illustrated Be it known that I, HENRY EASTWOOD, a in Fig. 3 of the drawings. citizen of the United States, residing in Lake The gearwheel c is engaged bya pawl f,

View, county of Passaic, and State of New fulcrumed, as at f, to one of the brackets d 5 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and useful and is controlled by a cord or wire f pass- Improvements in lVarping-Frames; and I do ing over a pulley f and connected with a fulhereby declare the following to beafull, clear, erumed treadledever The cord f is seand exact description of the invention, such cured, as at g, to a bar or bolt 9, slidingly as will enable others skilled in the art to arranged in the upper slotted portions of the to which it appertains to make and use the same, brackets d and is provided with an ordinary reference being had to the accompanying belt-shifter g drawings, and to letters of reference marked The pin-earryingdisk c is adapted to supthereon, which form a part of this specificaport one end of the receiving-beam. d, the tion. v other end of which is suitably supported with- 6 [5 The object of my present invention is to in the frame a. On the shaft d is mounted provide a warping or reeling machine of sima drum h, covered with paper, felt, or any ple, strong, and durable construction and effiother suitable material, to prevent the threads cient in operation. S S, which are passing over said roller, from The invention consists in the improved being soiled or damaged. A vertically-ar- 2o warping or reeling machine, and in the com ranged reed t' is suitably supported on-the inbination and arrangements of the various wardly-projecting. brackets 6 which latter parts thereof, substantially as will be herealso form the supports for a rod i", preferinafter more fully described, and finally emably of glass or porcelain. bodied in the clauses of the claim. In the rear of the frame a are arranged a 7 5 2 5 Referring to the accompanying drawings, series of standards m, supporting the creelin which like letters of reference indicate corframes or, connected by a series of parallel responding partsin each of the severalviews, slats or strips m on which latter are ar- Figure 1 is aside elevation of awarping-maranged the pins or spindles m adapted to chine embodying my invention, with certain receive and support the bobbins m The 3o portions broken away and others removed lower portion m of the creel-frames projects Fig. 2, a front elevation of a portion of Fig. 1; rearward a distance equal to the length of Fig. 3, an enlarged detail view ofthe receivthe spindles m by which arrangement the ing-bea1ndriving mechanism; and Figs. land bobbins nfiare'placed in two different planes,

5, a detail front and side elevation, respeeand thus prevent the mixing up of the 35 tively, of the indicating-drum and the mechthreads, especially when a large number of anism operated thereby. bobbins are used.

In said drawings, or represents the sides of To the top portion of the creel-frames m is the frame, and Z? Z) t the connecting or cross secured a reed 11., arranged substantially parbars thereof. on the crossbar b are arallel with the spindles m and is adapted to 4o ranged thebracketsc and c, forming the bearguide the threads S S of the upper series and ings for the shafts d and cl, respectively. On lower series of bobbins, respectively. A seethe shaft d is arranged the pulley d trans, 0nd reed n issuitably supported by brackets mitting its motionthrough the endless belt (1 n in front of the creel-frames, and is also to the fixed and loose pulleys (Z mounted on adapted to guide the said threads S S after 5 5 the shaft d which latter has its hearings in having left the reed n and having passed over the brackets d suitably supported on and the intermediate rods n and of, which lattersecured to the crossbar are suitably supported on the creel-frames On the shaft d is secured a pinion e, meshand are preferably of glass or porcelain. ing in the gear-wheel e, mountedon the shaft Between the frame a and the standards m- 1'00 50 c which latter has its bearings in the said is arranged an upright o, supporting a reed brackets d and is provided on one end with o and also forming the bearings for the fulcrumed skeleton 0 adapted to engage with its parallel connecting-rods o o the said threads S S, to thus tighten the same, when the machine has'been stopped for the purpose of repairs, adjustment, &c.

On the other end of the shaft d (supporting the drum h) is arranged a worm r, meshing into the gear-wheel r, mounted on the shaft 1*, which latter has its bearings in a bracket r and is provided at its lower portion with a worm r, in turn meshing into a gear-wheel r revolubly mounted in the bracket T The gear-wheel r is provided with a pin adapted to engage and thus operate the hammer of a gong 5, while the gear-wheel r is provided with a pin adapted to engage and operate the gong s, all as clearly illustratedin Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Motion is imparted to the pulley (1*, which latter, as heretofore stated, is connected by the endless belt 61 with the fixed and loose pulleys d, the belt being shifted by means of the belt-shifter 9 which latter in normal position retains the belt upon the loose pulley. In that position the pawl f is in engagement with the gear-wheel e, and thus prevents its rotation. WVhen the machine is to be started, the operator, who is in front of the machine, presses the treadle-lever f downward and holds the same in depressed position. The cord f is thus pulled and the pawl f lifted out of engagement with the gear-wheel e. Simultaneously the bolt or bar g, to which the oordf is secured, is moved over against the action of the spiral spring, and thus throws T the belt upon the fixed one of the pulleys d. The beam d is thus startedthat is to say, begins to rotate. The threads of the upper and lower series of bobbins m are passed between the dents of the reed at, over the rods 72 and n to and through the dents of the reed M and from there through the reeds o and i, underthe rod 71 and over the 'drum 7L onto the receivingbeam 62, on which they are wound, as will be manifest. It may also be stated that while the threads are passing from the drum 7L onto the receiving-beam d the said threads can. be picked by the operator in front of the machine. At every revolution of the gear-wheel r the gong sis sounded, which will indicate that a certain number of yards of threadshave been picked and wound,- and it will be manifest that the number of yards thus indicated depends entirely upon the relative proportion of the drum it, its worm r, and the gear-wheel 1". A multiple of the number of yards indicated as per above will be sounded and thus indicated by the gong s, which latter, as heretofore stated, is operated through a pin carried by the gearwheel 7", which in turn receives its motion through the worm 1", arranged 011 the shaft 1*.

Then the apparatus is to be stopped for the purpose of repairing, adjusting, &c., the

treadle-lever f is released, whereby the belt or bar 9, through the action of its spiral spring, is returned to its normal positionthat is to say, the belt 61 is shifted upon the loose one of thepulleys d. Simultaneously the pawl f by its own weight engages the gearwheel 6. The fulcrumed skeleton frame 0 is swung into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the parallel rods 0 0 will press against the threads S S and thus take up the slackness of the same, as will be manifest.

Substantially the same arrangement of parts as above described can be used for beamreceiving-beam revolubly mounted in said frame, an indicator-drum also mounted in said frame and parallel with the receiving beam, a creel-frame in rear of said frame, guide-reeds carried respectively by the firstmentioned frame and said creel-frame, a reed intermed iately arranged between said lastmentioned reeds, and a tension device fulcrumed on said intermediate reed and con sistin g of two parallel arms adapted to engage the warp-threads-passing from the creel- -fran1e to the receiving-beam-at opposite sides of said intermediate reed, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with a series of standards, a

series of stepped frames carried bysaidstandards, a series of parallel slats or strips connecting said series of stepped frames, spindles or bobbin-supporting means mounted on said slats and at right angles thereto, the

spindles on the lower series of slats being in a plane different to the spindles on the upper series of slatsand in rear thereof, and a reed extending rearwardly from the top portion of the stepped frames and substantially parallel with the spindles or bobbin-supporting means, and two guide'rods above said reeds and in the planes of their respective bobbinsupporting means substantially as described.

In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of the receiving beam revolubly mounted in said frame, a gear-wheel suitably connected with the receiving-beam, a pinion meshing with said gear-wheel, a shaft supporting said pinion, a bracket-frame suitably supporting said shaft, a fixed and loose pulley 011 said shaft, a spring-controlled belt-shifter slidingly arranged in the bracket-frame, a fulcrumed pawl engaging the gear-whee], a cord connected with said pawl and secured to the beltshifter, a fulcrumed treadle-lever operating said cord, and an endless belt adapted to en last-mentioned Worm and provided with a pin and at right angles to the first-mentioned pinearryin g gear-Wheel, and a second gong adapted to be operated by said last-mentioned pin, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of May, 1897.

HENRY EASTWOOD. \Vitnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL. 

